To: rvoitier
The A-6 is long gone. Too slow, too expensive to maintain, compared to the F-18. Same reason the NAVAIR is getting rid of my beloved Tomcat; another big mistake.
14 posted on
05/27/2003 7:35:25 AM PDT by
Pukin Dog
(Sans Reproache)
To: Pukin Dog
The last F-14 rolled off the assembly lines years ago. Congress then ordered the construction jigs to be destroyed.
21 posted on
05/27/2003 7:43:17 AM PDT by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave)
To: Pukin Dog
Same reason the NAVAIR is getting rid of my beloved Tomcat; another big mistake.No replacement?...an Stealth version of the A-6...was cancelled in 2000...
66 posted on
05/27/2003 9:17:20 AM PDT by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid,doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. :)
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